Chapter 1, 2, 3

• Bracketing


  managing your personal values so that they do not contaminate the counseling process
• value imposition


  directly attempting to define client's values, attitude, and beliefs
• culture


  values and behavior shared by a group of individuals
• countertransference


  includes any of the counselor's projection that influence the way they react to a client
• intake interview


  the first step in the assessment which gathers information that allows the counselor to learn about the client's needs and develop a treatment plan
• psychoanalytic therapy


  focuses on unconscious factors that motivate behavior
• adlerian therapy


  stresses responsibility, creating one's own destiny, and finding meaning and goals and create a purposeful life
• existential therapy


  a system of well defined techniques that stresses the basic conditions of human existence and responsibility to shape one's life
• person centered therapy


  a non-directive reaction against psychoanalysis and is based on the subjective view of human existence
• ethical decisions

  is based on core character values like trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and good citizenship.
• mandatory ethics

  involves a level of ethical functioning at the minimum level of professional practice.
• aspirational ethics

  focuses on doing what is in the best interests of clients.
• positive ethics

  is an approach taken by practitioners who want to do their best for clients
• informed consent

  involves the right of clients to be informed about their therapy
• confidentiality

  s an ethical concept, and in most states, it is the legal duty of therapists not to disclose information about a client.
• privileged communication

  is a legal concept that protects clients from having their confidential communications revealed in court without their permission
• assessment

  consists of evaluating the relevant factors in a client’s life to identify themes
• diagnosis

  is sometimes part of the assessment process, consists of identifying a specific mental disorder based on a pattern of symptoms.
• evidence based practice

  empirically supported treatment; ‘’the integration of the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture, and preferences”
• dual or multiple relationship

  either sexual or nonsexual, occur when counselors assume two (or more) roles simultaneously or sequentially with a client
• multiple relationships

  is more often used than the term dual relationship because of the complexities involved in these relationships.
• boundary crossing

  is a departure from a commonly accepted practice that could potentially benefit a client.
• boundary violation

  is a serious breach that harms the client and is therefore unethical; generally involves exploitation